Building advice please

[tTIKA]

Hi
I am new to PC building. Actually new to pc’s in general. I want to build a pc to play some casual games on it. (I don’t have a huge budget anyways) Can you tell me what do you think about these parts?

EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti $110

Intel Core i3 i3-4170 Dual-core (2 Core) 3.70 GHz $125

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s $67

MSI Computer Corp. LGA1150/Intel H81/DDR3/SATA3 $48

Crucial BX200 240GB SATA 2.5 $64

EVGA 600 B1 80+ BRONZE, 600W Continuous Power $45

Xion Performance mATX USB 3.0 Tower Case $25

Total $480

 

[Andrei-Florin Gogan]

8GB of RAM is more than enough for gaming. A 600W PSU is a bit overkill for these parts, the GTX 750TI will only need 90W so overall a 400W PSU would be enough. Take that money difference and replace the I3 with an I5 CPU for better gaming performance and double the cores.

 

[sdvf]

My computer at the moment has lower specs than that and does a fair job at games like fallout 4 (medium settings) and Gta v (high settings).

 

[tTIKA]

8GB of RAM is more than enough for gaming. A 600W PSU is a bit overkill for these parts, the GTX 750TI will only need 90W so overall a 400W PSU would be enough. Take that money difference and replace the I3 with an I5 CPU for better gaming performance and double the cores.

would you recommend an AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition CPU Quad Core( with Gigabyte AMD FM2+ GA-F2A68HM-H)

 

[Andrei-Florin Gogan]

8GB of RAM is more than enough for gaming. A 600W PSU is a bit overkill for these parts, the GTX 750TI will only need 90W so overall a 400W PSU would be enough. Take that money difference and replace the I3 with an I5 CPU for better gaming performance and double the cores.

would you recommend an AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition CPU Quad Core( with Gigabyte AMD FM2+ GA-F2A68HM-H)

FM2+ is a dead end, your best bet with AMD is the AM3+ which is also a dead end but still viable. Where do you live and what budget do you have ?

 

[tTIKA]

8GB of RAM is more than enough for gaming. A 600W PSU is a bit overkill for these parts, the GTX 750TI will only need 90W so overall a 400W PSU would be enough. Take that money difference and replace the I3 with an I5 CPU for better gaming performance and double the cores.

would you recommend an AMD Athlon X4 860K Black Edition CPU Quad Core( with Gigabyte AMD FM2+ GA-F2A68HM-H)

FM2+ is a dead end, your best bet with AMD is the AM3+ which is also a dead end but still viable. Where do you live and what budget do you have ?

I just moved to USA. about $500 but the thing is I have never gamed in pc before (coming from console) thats why I don't know how much I will enjoy this, and I might end up needing to sell the pc. If its gonna be a noticeably different experience, $700 - $800 are ok with me to.

 

[Andrei-Florin Gogan]

Welcome to PCs in this case, and trust me you made the right decision. Do you have a monitor and Windows already ?

 

[tTIKA]

Welcome to PCs in this case, and trust me you made the right decision. Do you have a monitor and Windows already ?

Thanks Andrei-Florin Gogan
Monitor, yes: Dell ultrawite 1440p
Windows, no

 

[Andrei-Florin Gogan]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jr9yJx It is a bit over your budget but needing a Windows licence as well, is always going to be expensive.You pretty much have everything there to play new games for the next few years. I did not choose any mouse or keyboard, those are going by taste.

 

[Andrei-Florin Gogan]

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ This is an AMD build, is cheaper and fits into your top budget, you can go with even cheaper than this as well and will just beat consoles in every aspect.

 

[tTIKA]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jr9yJx It is a bit over your budget but needing a Windows licence as well, is always going to be expensive.You pretty much have everything there to play new games for the next few years. I did not choose any mouse or keyboard, those are going by taste.

thank you very much. I really appreciate it.